Best Public Schools in Sparks, MD

Summary:

The city of Sparks, Maryland is home to a single standout school, Sparks Elementary, which is part of the Baltimore County Public Schools district. Sparks Elementary consistently ranks among the top elementary schools in Maryland, with a 5-star rating from SchoolDigger and a ranking of 19th out of 865 Maryland elementary schools for the 2024-2025 school year.

Sparks Elementary significantly outperforms the Baltimore County Public Schools district and the state of Maryland in both Mathematics and English Language Arts proficiency across all grade levels. In the 2024-2025 school year, 84.7% of Sparks Elementary students were proficient or better in MCAP/English Language Arts, compared to 45% for the district and 50.8% for the state. In Mathematics, 73.7% of Sparks Elementary students were proficient or better, compared to 20.7% for the district and 26.5% for the state.

While Sparks Elementary has a relatively low percentage of free and reduced lunch recipients at 13.28% in the 2023-2024 school year, the school's chronic absenteeism rate of 28.0% in the same year is higher than the state average. The school's spending per student of $18,538 and student-teacher ratio of 16.7 in the 2023-2024 school year are within typical ranges, but it would be interesting to compare these metrics to other high-performing schools in the state to identify any potential correlations.

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2025)				Ranking (2024)				MCAP Mathematics (2025)				MCAP English Language Arts (2025)				MCAP Science (2025)	Per Pupil Expenditures (2024)
Name	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	Enrollment	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	SchoolDigger Rating (2025)	Average Standard Score (2024)	Statewide Rank (2024)	State Percentile (2024)	Rank Change from Previous Year	MCAP Mathematics 3rd Grade	MCAP Mathematics 4th Grade	MCAP Mathematics 5th Grade	MCAP Mathematics All Grades	MCAP English Language Arts 3rd Grade	MCAP English Language Arts 4th Grade	MCAP English Language Arts 5th Grade	MCAP English Language Arts All Grades	MCAP Science 5th Grade	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
Sparks Elementary	Public	K-5	601 Belfast Rd	Sparks	21152	Baltimore County	Baltimore County Public Schools	No	No	No	No	(410) 887-7900	509	33	15.5	10.4%	400 (78.6%)	17 (3.3%)	34 (6.7%)	45 (8.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	13 (2.6%)	96.7	19^th of 865 public elementary schools	97.8%		97.8	9^th of 859 public elementary schools	99.0%	10	85.7	68.7	67.4	73.7	84.5	81.9	87.4	84.7	53.7	$18,538	$1,299	$17,239

Cities Near Sparks

City	Distance	# of Schools	Statewide Rank
Monkton	2.59 mi	1	28^th
Parkton	4.06 mi	2	30^th
Cockeysville	5.64 mi	3	173^rd
Timonium	5.96 mi	5	58^th
Upperco	6.43 mi	1	1^st

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SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau and the Maryland State Department of Education.

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